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Kevin Hagen, Chuck Harris run for open Center Township Trustee seat

By Shelley Jones

October 25, 2026 at 3:41 p.m.

Center Township has two Valparaiso residents with backgrounds in service to choose from when they...

Business briefs: Economic outlook set for Oct. 30 at Ivy Tech Valparaiso

By Post-Tribune

October 25, 2026 at 3:39 p.m.

News and events around the area

Geisen team members push their coffin with the YMCA Ghostbusters close behind in the final round of the inaugural Crown Point Coffin Cup on Saturday, October 24, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Geisen Funeral Home team captures Crown Point’s inaugural Coffin Cup

By Jim Masters

October 25, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

Geisen Funeral Home evidently knows something about coffins, which came in handy at Saturday’s inaugural...

Lightning strikes twice as Diego Hernandez and Naperville North stun Naperville Central in 3A regional final

By Matt Le Cren

October 24, 2026 at 10:13 p.m.

Naperville North's Diego Hernandez ties the game in the second overtime and then tallies the...

Mount Vernon's Griffin Shirley (28) and Kylon Brown (52) try to bring down Providence's Jaden Malone (10) during a Class 5A opening-round game in New Lenox on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (Steve Johnston / Daily Southtown)

Local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County

By Josh Krockey

October 24, 2026 at 9:58 p.m.

High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and...

Providence's Brayden McKay (1) gets past Mount Vernon's Wyatt Evans (12) on a fumble recovery for a TD during a Class 5A opening-round playoff game in New Lenox on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (Steve Johnston / Daily Southtown)

IHSA football playoffs: Brayden McKay, a ‘double Swiss Army knife,’ adds linebacker duties as Providence romps

By Jeff Vorva

October 24, 2026 at 8:56 p.m.

Brayden McKay's 50-yard fumble recovery for TD sets tone for Providence's 49-13 win over Mount...

St. Charles North's Tommy Vendl (1) heads in for a TD against McHenry during a Class 7A opening-round playoff game in St. Charles on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (Brian Hill / Daily Herald)

IHSA football playoffs: Tommy Vendl closes in on program’s rushing TD mark as St. Charles North routs McHenry

By Paul Johnson

October 24, 2026 at 7:06 p.m.

Tommy Vendl runs for three TDs to power St. Charles North to a 54-6 win...

Lincoln-Way Central's Nathan Claybrook, right, plays the ball as Lincoln-Way East's Owen Bohren (11) and Santiago Espinosa (17) defend a Class 3A regional final in New Lenox on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (Sean King / Southtown)

Nathan Claybrook picks ‘perfect time’ for 1st varsity goal as Lincoln-Way Central tops East for regional title

By Steve Millar

October 24, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

Nathan Claybrook scores first varsity goal as Lincoln-Way Central downs Lincoln-Way East 3-1 in Class...

Students in Joe Blockland’s first-year seminar at Indiana University Northwest in Gary assess trees on campus following the August storms. (Indiana University Northwest/provided)

GIS students mapping trees’ health at Indiana University Northwest

By Doug Ross

October 24, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

When Joe Blockland’s students at Indiana University Northwest want to call up a tree on...

Flags sit on top of the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Indianapolis. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Two familiar faces seek Indiana House District 10 seat

By Doug Ross

October 24, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

Assistant Police Chief Ted Uzelac, a Republican former Portage City Council member, is challenging longtime...

The new approach to the N. Mineral Springs Road bridge in Porter. (Jim Woods/for the Post-Tribune)

Road with new bridge in Porter to reopen after nearly 3 years

By Jim Woods

October 24, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Nearly three years after the N. Mineral Springs Road bridge closed, a new $2.44 million...

West Aurora's Travis Brown Jr. (9) looks for an opening against Leyden during the opening round of the playoffs in Aurora on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (Mark Black / for the Beacon-News)

IHSA football playoffs: How Chicagoland high school teams fared in the opening round

By baiduhai

October 25, 2026 at 12:08 a.m.

Here's how Chicagoland high school football teams fared in the opening round of the IHSA...

Residents petting horses during Horsin' Around Day at the Danada Equestrian Center in Wheaton, where the horses sport costumes and children trick or treat. This year’s event is Oct. 31. (Forest Preserve District of DuPage County)

Community news: Danada Equestrian Center offers Halloween fun, and more

By Melinda Moore

October 24, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

News from the community includes items from DuPage County, La Grange, North Riverside, Hinsdale, Oak...